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35 Wednesday, July 3, 2013The County TimesWhat’sWhat’sGoing OnThursday, July 4• Dave NorrisDB McMillan’s (23415 Three NotchRoad, California) – 6 p.m.Friday, July 5• Swamp CandyRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 DowellRoad, Dowell) – 8 p.m.• Randy RichieCafé des Artistes (41655 Fenwick St.,Leonardtown) – 6:30 p.m.• FunkzillaToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road,Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.• First Friday(Leonardtown town square) – 5 p.m.• 15 StringsSpinnakers Restaurant (16244 MillersWharf Road, Ridge) – 7 p.m.• Country MemoriesVera’s White Sands Beach Club (1200White Sands Drive, Lusby) – 7 p.m.• Legal ActionAnthony’s Bar and Grill (10371 SouthernMaryland Blvd, Dunkirk) – 9 p.m.Saturday, July 6• Randy RichieCafé des Artistes (41655 Fenwick St.,Leonardtown) – 6:30 p.m.• Don’t Call Me ShirleyToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road,Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.• Clazzical Jams Concert(Leonardtown town square, Leonardtown)– 7 p.m.• R and R TrainBrass Rail Sports Bar (20331 Pt LookoutRd, Great Mills) – 9 p.m.In EntertainmentThe County Times is always looking for more local talent to feature!To submit art or band information for our entertainmentsection, e-mail alexpanos@countytimes.netPlease submit calendar listings by 12 p.m.on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.Email in your EngagementAnnouncement Today!It’s Free!• Groove SpanMorris Point Restarant (38869 MorrisPoint Rd Abell) – 6 p.m.• Tonight’s AlibiCryer’s Back Road Inn (22094 NewtowneNeck Road, Leonardtown) – 9p.m.• Back Stage PassVera’s White Sands Beach Club (1200White Sands Drive, Lusby) – 9:30 p.m.• Redwine Jazz TrioThe Westlawn Inn (9200 ChesapeakeAvenue, North Beach) – 7:30 p.m.• HydraFxSeabreeze Restaurant (27130 SouthSandgates Rd., Mechanicsville) – 7p.m.• The PirhanasPort Tobacco Marina (7610 ShirleyBoulevard, Port Tobacco) – 8 p.m.Sunday, July 7• Sam Grow Band at all ages familyfun dayPort Tobacco Marina (7610 ShirleyBoulevard, Port Tobacco) – 4 p.m.• Country Memories BandSt. Mary’s Landing (29935 ThreeNotch Road, Charlotte Hall) – 4 p.m.• The California RamblersSeabreeze Restaurant (27130 SouthSandgates Rd., Mechanicsville) – 3p.m.Monday, July 8•Fair WarningDB McMillan’s (23415 Three NotchRoad, California) – 5 p.m.Tuesday, July 9•Mason SebastianDB McMillan’s (23415 Three NotchRoad, California) – 5 p.m.angiestalcup@countytimes.netBook Review“Revenge Wears Prada”by LaurenWeisbergerc.2013,Simon & Schuster$25.99 / $29.99 Canada387 pagesBy Terri SchlichenmeyerOW contributorIn the Annals of Job-Quitting,the quit you executed was fabulous.Everybody thought you were alifer at work. Nobody thought you’dever leave. But you’d been quietlyjob-hunting for months, and on theday you got the call you were waitingfor (and the new position), youshocked them all. You quit – quit!And you couldn’t stop smiling.Ten years ago, Andy Sachsfamously quit her job at Runwaywith a big, Parisian f-bomb. Butin the new book “Revenge WearsPrada” by Lauren Weisberger, sheshould’ve known that you can’t escapeThe Devil that easily.Post-Traumatic StressSyndrome.Andy Sachs was sure she hadthat once, thanks to her assistant’sjob with Miranda Priestly at Runwaymagazine. Now, it had beena full decade since she’d escaped,ten years since Miranda’s ring-tonemade Andy cringe.Ten years since Andy quit in ablaze of dubious glory.Things sure had changed inthat decade.Right after she left Runway,Andy found work as a weddingblogger. Her best friend, Lily,moved to Colorado; and Alex, Andy’sfirst love, broke up with her ina most pathetic way. Not long afterthat, Andy and her former-enemyturned-bestie,Emily, started ThePlunge, a fabulous celeb-and-picture-filledwedding magazine, thecover on which every bride wantedto be. Best of all, Emily introducedAndy to Max Harrison, and nowAndy was a newlywed.But, of course, life never runssmoothly. On the morning of herwedding, Andy accidentally founda letter from Max’s mother, and itturned out that Barbara hated Andy.That undermined Andy’s self-confidence,despite that Max was loving,handsome, and supportive. Hewas also good with investments:he was one of The Plunge’s earliestbackers, after all.Yep, The Plunge was good. Itwas Andy’s “baby,” and it made herhappy. Everybody loved that magazine- including Elias-Clark, thefirm that wanted to acquire it, thefirm that also owned Runway.Runway, with Miranda Priestlyat the helm…Oh, my, there’s a lot going onin “Revenge Wears Prada.” Andyou’re going to love every singlepage of it.It’s always nice to reconnectwith old friends, especially whenthey’re as sweet and smart as AndySachs. Author Lauren Weisbergerlet her character mature but she otherwisehasn’t altered those aspectsof Andy’s personality. Even thoughit’s been ten years since we first mether, Andy’s just as endearing as shewas in Weisberger’s first book.What’s different here is thatMiranda Priestly is even more evil.Honestly, there’s one passage in thisbook that made my skin crawl. It’sdeliciously scary, like almost out ofa horror novel, and that couldn’t bemore perfect.I really don’t think you need tohave read Weisberger’s first novel tounderstand this one; it might help,but you can get a sense of what happenedpretty much anywhere. I cantell you this, though: whether you’renew to this story, or you’re an oldfan from way-back, once you startreading “Revenge Wears Prada,”you won’t be able to quit.